Quotes about Utilitarianism

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The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. — Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours
...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency. — Jeremy Bentham
The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions ar — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being. — Immanuel Kant
Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings
Described in this way, utilitarianism has little in common with the prosaic, visionless notion of the 'merely utilitaria — Bart Schultz, The Happiness Philosophers: The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians
What would yield the greater benefit to mankind: if I spent the afternoon taking stock in my dispensary, or if I went to — J.M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K
To reduce poetry to its reflections of historical events and movements would be like reducing the poet's words to their — Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' W — Gordon Stein, The Encyclopedia of Unbelief, 2 Vols
The capacity for suffering – or more strictly, for suffering and/or enjoyment or happiness – is not just another charact — Peter Singer, Practical Ethics
No doubt we instinctively prefer to help those who are close to us. Few could stand by and watch a child drown; many can — Peter Singer, Practical Ethics
First premise: If we can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything of comparable significance, we ought to do i — Peter Singer, Practical Ethics
The merely conscious being does not have a preference for continued life. Perhaps while having a pleasurable experience — Peter Singer, Practical Ethics
For a merely conscious being, death is the cessation of experiences, in much the same way that birth is the beginning of — Peter Singer, Practical Ethics
Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to poin — Jeremy Bentham, The Principles of Morals and Legislation
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and — John Hersey
One of the main arguments that I make is that although almost everyone accepts that it is morally wrong to inflict “unne — Gary L. Francione
Divine worship means the same thing where time is concerned, as the temple where space is concerned. "Temple" means... t — Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
A gentleman is not a pot. — Confucius, The Analects
In every tool we create, an idea is embedded that goes beyond the function of the thing itself. — Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business